The majority of those items have been handed to Solihull’s Trading Standards department.

The family’s story adds to a catalogue of misery unearthed by the Sunday Mercury following the collapse of Colour My Funeral.

Relatives of Beatrice Evans asked for an ermine white coffin with a plaque. They say the casket had been poorly hand-painted and the plaque’s inscription was written in felt-tipped pen. Those words were washed away in the rain, they allege.

Christopher and Emily Wyatt claim they were left seriously out-of-pocket after paying the funeral company £700 to have their stillborn daughter Alania’s ashes turned into jewellery. The work was never done, and the distraught parents received only a £200 refund.

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One relative called by bailiffs to Colour My Funeral’s premises openly wept after discovering her loved one’s ashes in a Jiffy bag.

Pensioner Martha Ward paid Colour My Funeral £5,000 up front for her severely disabled grandson Bradley’s funeral, aware she will probably outlive the 30-year-old. Last month she was given the bombshell news there is no funeral plan in place.

West Midlands Police are investigating claims that bailiffs were assaulted as they entered the business’s outlet in Shirley. Birmingham Process Servers’ director Daniel Gibbin said his staff had chairs and filing cabinets thrown at them.

A spokesman for the force confirmed they were investigating claims that items were thrown at the bailiffs attempting to change locks on August 29.

A powder fire extinguisher was also set off.

Martha Ward who lost the money she'd paid for her and her grandson's funeral when Colour My Funeral in Shirley ceased trading. (Image: Birmingham Mail)

“A suspect has been identified and arrangements are being made by police to interview him in connection with the incident,” the spokesman added.

Customers who say they had their fingers burned have lodged complaints with West Midlands Police, Action Fraud and Trading Standards.

A spokesman for Solihull Council said: “We are aware Colour My Funeral has ceased trading and our Trading Standards team are following up on a number of enquiries made by members of the public.”

Colour My Funeral’s director Adam Blake previously refused to comment on the firm’s closure, telling the Sunday Mercury: “It’s up to a judge to judge me, not you. You’re just after a story.

“You’re getting nothing out of me, I’ll just keep putting the phone down.”